Pointer Sisters - Wang Dang Doodle

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   The 7" label states a running time of 2.42.

The UK label Cherry Red have just put out a "Single Version" running 3.55. Is there a precedent for this edit?

Does the 2.42 version differ from the LP version in terms of mix, or is it simply an edit?

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smallworld Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 14 May 2018 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote smallworld Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Pointer Sisters - Wang Dang Doodle Posted: 26 May 2018 at 4:19am
	The 7" label states a running time of 2.42. The UK label Cherry Red have just put out a "Single Version" running 3.55. Is there a precedent for this edit? Does the 2.42 version differ from the LP version in terms of mix, or is it simply an edit? Edited by smallworld

Santi Paradoa Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 17 February 2009 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 33	Post Options Post Reply Quote Santi Paradoa Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 May 2018 at 10:32am
	The version I have on CD runs just over three minutes. My source is the two disc set Fire: The Very Best Of from 1996. This song never reached the top 40 so of course it's not in the database. I also have the 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection CD release (2004) where the song runs 3:55. Comparing the two the shorter version is not an edit but just an early fade. This disc has several longer versions for a couple of tracks so I would take a wild guess that this track is actually the LP length (instead of the single length). I do not have the Blue Thumb 45 but it's possible that all they did was fade the song to the 2:42 length (if it's true that the listed time is the actual time). BTW, welcome to the chat board.
	Santi Paradoa Miami, Florida

smallworld Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 14 May 2018 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote smallworld Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 June 2018 at 8:30am
	Thank you for the welcome message. "Fire: The Very Best of" also has a 3:05 edit of "Yes We Can Can" when the 45 should run 3:55. Other CDs have the song running 3:55, so it's likely that the track was edited for time on "Fire: The Very Best of", if not a promo edit. It would seem that "Wang Dang Doodle" has received the same treatment. There's a video on youtube of "Wang Dang Doodle". It's in mono and runs just under 2:40. I'm actually more interested in the mix than the length. I've been wondering if the vocal spread of the LP mix was narrowed for radio/45. I mistook the song as a Top 40 hit because it charted within the R&B Top 25. I'll label such threads "Off-Topic" in future.

eriejwg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 10 June 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 123	Post Options Post Reply Quote eriejwg Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 June 2018 at 7:27pm
	The 3:05 edit of Yes We Can Can was neither the 45 nor any promo edit. It's labeled as a previously unreleased edit in Pat's database.
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smallworld Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 14 May 2018 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote smallworld Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 June 2018 at 8:05pm
	Yes, I suspected as much re "Yes We Can Can". It's odd that Cherry Red would include a 3:55 version of "Yes We Can Can" but not the correct length version of "Wang Dang Doodle" as bonus tracks on their 2CD Expanded Edition of The Pointer Sisters/That's a Plenty.